Feeding the less fortunate
Members Juanita Ford, Sharon Bentley, and Leonard Stapleton
work each Wednesday to feed area residents in need.

Below are some statements from lives touched by this cause.

Also, a letter from the Salvation Army Corps Officer, John Dove.

If you would like to join this cause, contact us at
lwac238@yahoo.com
"I come to the dinners at
Salvation Army for
fellowship."

Dick
"We come to the dinners at Salvation
Army for fellowship, good food, to be
a part of a growing and loving
community of people helping people,
caring and sharing, and servicing the
love of Jesus."

Susie & Hanna
April 15, 2008

Dear Living With A Cause:

Greeting in Jesus' name!

Please acknowledge thanksgiving for the services of
Juanita Ford, Sharon Bentley and Leonard Stapleton to
the Salvation Army, Portsmouth, Ohio.

Their devotion towards preparing and serving lunches on
Tuesday at our facility deserves praise.  They will bring
glory to God while representing Living With A Cause.

We anticipate the presence of God during these times;
and pray for God's blessing while they serve others.

Sincerely,
John Dove, Corps Officer
"I come to the dinners for fellowship
and good food.  I recently relocated
to Portsmouth."

Norma
Pictured is Jill with Captain Dove.

Jill is a local post office worker.  She
leaves for work at 4 a.m.,  but says,
"God is going to hold me accountable
for wasted time".  She wants to Live
With A Cause by giving her time to
those who are not as fortunate.  Jill will
be helping serve food on Wednesdays
at The Salvation Army.  Her help is
greatly appreciated.
We had the privilege of meeting
Miranda who is a local college student
and a single mother of 3.
We were happy to meet Michelle and
her 2 wonderful children Monica and
Isaac.  She is a single mother of 6.
Steven:
I am disabled and at the end of the month, I depend on these meals.  I really appreciate the good meal
being served today.

Frank:
I volunteer in the retail store of the Salvation Army.  These meals not only nourish me physically but
spiritually also.  I am aggravated with organized religion having programs that only meet the needs of their
congregation.  I am pleased to see that there are still people willing to feed others and “show” Jesus to
them without preaching doctrine.

Butch:
Volunteers for the Salvation Army and comes to the dinners for fellowship.

Phyllis :
Works the cash register in the Salvation Army retail store.  The meals provide lunch for her and fellowship.
We served 65 people Tuesday April 29, 2008.  

This cause has doubled in size since we first began!
As of May 2008, Heartland Home
Health and Hospice joined with Living
With A Cause and The Salvation
Army.  

Pictured is Megan, a Heartland
employee.

Heartland has donated food and
employee hours to help feed those
not as fortunate.

Click on the Heartland logo to find out
more.


Frank Lewis/Daily Times
Local organization prepares meals weekly for community
By FRANK LEWIS
PDT Staff Writer

 While most Americans may take each meal for granted, a group of people gathers every
Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Salvation Army in Portsmouth, for a hot home-cooked
meal, maybe for the only time the entire week.

 "When school is out, this is the only hot home-cooked meal many of these children get all
week," said Donald "Boo" McKinley, a homeless member of the community. "There are people
here who may not have had anything to eat except this meal. That's why this is such a great
thing for the community."
 Juanita Ford, from Living With a Cause - an organization that works on community
improvement projects - began serving the meals two months ago. Providing the food herself -
and with the help of volunteers such as Bobby White - she served meals to anyone in the
community who wanted to come, enjoy the food and the fellowship of others.
"We serve people that come off the street. Some people come just for social reasons, some
people really need food, since it's the end of the month," Ford said.
 Since news of the meal spread throughout the community, more people and area companies
have begun making donations of food and food preparation items each week.
"Blackburns donates some, Foodland, IGA, people, I do, the Salvation Army does - wherever it
comes from, we use it to serve these people," she said. "This is always good, hot food - chicken
noodles, mashed potatoes. Today, we're having hot dogs, baked beans and summer things,
but we try to give them a good hot meal, not just a sandwich."
 Ford said the group serves 70 to 80 meals a week, with some of the people taking some
home with them for their evening meal that day.
 Ford is quick to answer the question, "Why do you do this?"
 "I love people. I'm living with a cause," she said.
 McKinley said he never leaves the Wednesday meal hungry.
 "They treat me royally. There are people who come here who are down on their luck and can't
find a job. I'm not a crackhead, I'm just a displaced person," McKinley said.
"I had a job at Luigino's in Jackson, my car broke down, and I had to quit my job," he said. "I lost
my home, my income, and this past winter, I slept in a vacant house with broken windows and a
wide open door. I had blankets, and that is how I stayed warm and survived. I would love to find
a job."
 McKinley spends most of the day sitting and talking with friends in Tracy Park, and looks
forward to any free meal provided at the Salvation Army.
 "The captain (John Dove) doesn't have to do this," McKinley said. "He deserves our thanks for
seeing that people get a good, warm meal."
 Dove said all of the services provided by Salvation Army are a necessity in the community.
"We have our food pantry and our lunch - which we have on the same days - Mondays and
Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and the lunch begins anywhere between 11 and
11:30 (a.m.) - and we also have some free clothing," Dove said. "And the most important reason
we have the program is for them to be touched by God's love, and in the ways he promised in
his own word that he will provide our food and our clothing, through our faith. We want them to
know that on the days that they come down here to the Salvation Army."
 White works at Heartland Home Health Care, where employees receive their pay while
volunteering to prepare the food and serve it.
 "I like getting out in the community because I believe this is what Jesus would do," White said.
"He got out and served them, and it's a privilege to serve these people.
FRANK LEWIS can be reached at (740) 353-3101, ext. 232.
"Cause
Has  A
Positive
Effect"
From left, Rhonda Gilliam, Charlotte Harr and Jennie Kitchen
prepare dinner for area residents at Salvation Army. Women
from Living With a Cause and employees from Heartland
Home Health Care serve home cooked meals every
Wednesday.